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. 2024 Jun 3;19(6):e0304816. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304816

Table 2. Health literacy level of respondents across different domains of HLQ (n = 303).

HL domains Mean (SD±) HLL
High HLL Low HLL
1. Feeling understood and supported by healthcare providers 2.70 (0.477) 60.4% 39.6%
2. Having sufficient information to manage my health 2.78 (0.43) 67.3% 32.7%
3. Actively managing own health 2.71 (0.48) 68% 32%
4. Social support for health 2.69 (0.48) 65.3% 34.7%
5. Appraisal of Health Information 2.80 (0.42) 79.5% 20.5%
6. Ability to actively engage with healthcare providers 3.25 (0.80) 60.7% 39.3%
7. Navigating the healthcare system 2.69 (0.46) 18.2% 81.8%
8. Ability to find good health information 3.21 (0.91) 58.7% 41.3%
9. Understand health information well enough to know what to do 3.13 (0.88) 55.8% 44.2%